Political Science 354 - class and lecture notes (in depth). Throughout the document there are essay hints and explanations as well as the end of the year exam breakdown.
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Exam Menu: Essay Questions and their breakdown
Class: lecture notes, Readings and workshop
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Guidelines
You will find the breakdown of the module Political Science 354.
Use the Table of context to guide you through the notes
All lectures were attended and taken down as thoroughly as
possible
The module is broken down into 2 sections, Policy Analysis Term 3
and Political Risk Analysis term 4
Your semester test is based on Term 3’s work and then exam and
based on Term 4’s work.
, Table of Contents
o LECTURE NOTES ................................................................................................................................................... 5
o WEEK 1 ............................................................................................................................................................................5
o Lecture 1 ....................................................................................................................................................................5
o Workshops: practicing analysis .................................................................................................................................................................... 5
o Policy analysis .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
o What is a policy issue? ................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
o LECTURE 2 ........................................................................................................................................................................6
o Introduction into policy sciences ................................................................................................................................................................. 6
o Lasswell article → prescribed reading ......................................................................................................................................................... 6
o Policy scientists ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
o Nakamura article .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
o Textbook approach ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
o WEEK 2 ............................................................................................................................................................................8
o Lecture 1 ....................................................................................................................................................................8
o Policy evaluation .......................................................................................................................................................8
o Policy evaluation .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
o General class ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
o Cloete Readings............................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
o Impact assessment ....................................................................................................................................................8
o Evidence-based policy making ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9
o Development policy ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
o Evaluations ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
o WEEK 2 → PAY ATTENTION TO NINA NOTES..........................................................................................................................9
o Policy evaluation .......................................................................................................................................................9
o impact evaluation: type of evaluation ....................................................................................................................10
o Informal evaluation .................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
o When we do evaluation → try to learn ..................................................................................................................................................... 11
o WEEK 3 ..........................................................................................................................................................................12
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................12
o Policy Making ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
o General discussion ...................................................................................................................................................12
o Essay ........................................................................................................................................................................12
o Dror Reading .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 13
o Normative optimum model ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13
o Feminist approach ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
o Structuration theory .................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
o Study policy making ................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
o WEEK 4 ..........................................................................................................................................................................14
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................14
o Policy implementation *PI*.....................................................................................................................................14
o Word association ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
o Definition of PI.........................................................................................................................................................15
o Elmore Reading .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
o Likes ask this about policy implementation ............................................................................................................15
o Problem with FM ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
o Nak Reading ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
o Backwards Mapping BM ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15
o Barriers to PI based on TedX talk ...........................................................................................................................16
o Lecture 2 ..................................................................................................................................................................16
o Test Question ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
o WEEK 5 ..........................................................................................................................................................................16
o Lecture1 ...................................................................................................................................................................16
o Agenda setting ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
o Definition Agenda setting .......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
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, o Privileged.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
o Question ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
o General....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
o Question for test ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
o Kingdon’s multiple streams framework ..................................................................................................................17
o Fourie et al ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
o WEEK 6 ..........................................................................................................................................................................18
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................18
o Laswell ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19
o Policy analyst.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 19
o Compare the beliefs during apartheid era and beliefs post-apartheid era............................................................................................... 19
o TEST QUESTION.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
o Class general .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
o WEEK 7 ..........................................................................................................................................................................20
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................20
o Test Questions (4 in total) .......................................................................................................................................................................... 20
o Class work .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
o Friedman newspaper article ...................................................................................................................................................................... 20
o Thinking map (might use In test) ............................................................................................................................................................... 21
o Activity .....................................................................................................................................................................21
o TERM 4 .............................................................................................................................................................. 22
o WEEK 1 .........................................................................................................................................................................22
o Lecture 2 ..................................................................................................................................................................22
o Political risk analysis................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
o Political risk ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
o Politics class discussion .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23
o What is political risk ................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
o Sources of risk (possible exam question)................................................................................................................................................... 23
o Black Swan ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
o WEEK 2 .........................................................................................................................................................................24
o Lecture 3 & 4 ...........................................................................................................................................................24
o o .................................................................................................................................................... Micro risk
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o o ................................................................................................................................................... Macro risk
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o Industry specific risk................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
o Oil and Gas industry ................................................................................................................................................25
o WEEK 3 .........................................................................................................................................................................26
o Lecture 5 ..................................................................................................................................................................26
o POLITICAL INSTABILITY............................................................................................................................................................................... 26
o What is political instability ......................................................................................................................................................................... 26
o Instability in Africa ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
o Factors of Stability ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
o Measurement............................................................................................................................................................................................. 27
o What 5 political instabilities measures would you choose........................................................................................................................ 27
o LECTURE 6.......................................................................................................................................................................28
o essay ........................................................................................................................................................................28
o DEMOCRTAIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) .............................................................................................................28
o Brief History .............................................................................................................................................................28
o Natural resources....................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
o Political instability DRC .............................................................................................................................................................................. 29
o Sustained inability (will be in exam as a question) .................................................................................................29
o What would you apply for lecture 5 and apply to the DRC ....................................................................................................................... 29
o WEEK 4 ..........................................................................................................................................................................30
o lecture 1...................................................................................................................................................................30
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, o Ethnic and Religious Tension ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30
o What was the scramble for Africa?............................................................................................................................................................ 30
o Do ethically/religious heterogeneous countries always pose a risk? ........................................................................................................ 30
o Consequences ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 30
o NIGERIA..........................................................................................................................................................................31
o Ethnic ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
o Religious ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
o WEEK 5 ..........................................................................................................................................................................32
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................32
o Terrorism .................................................................................................................................................................32
o What is Terrorism ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
o One man’s terrorism is another man’s freedom fighter ........................................................................................................................... 32
o Towards a definition → 109 definitions ..................................................................................................................32
o Defining features .....................................................................................................................................................32
o 6 → Root causes of terrorism..................................................................................................................................33
o Domestic vs International vs transnational ............................................................................................................33
o Risk Factors .............................................................................................................................................................34
o WEEK 5 ..........................................................................................................................................................................34
o lecture 2...................................................................................................................................................................34
o Kenya .......................................................................................................................................................................34
o Major attacks in Kenya............................................................................................................................................................................... 34
o Al-Shabaab ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 34
o Westgate Mall and Garissa University ....................................................................................................................................................... 35
o Main Argument for Al-Shabaab’s attack on Kenya .................................................................................................................................... 35
o Cost of Terrors in General .......................................................................................................................................35
o Cost of terrorism in Kenya ......................................................................................................................................................................... 36
o WEEK 6 ..........................................................................................................................................................................36
o Lecture 1 ..................................................................................................................................................................36
o Geopolitics and Regionalism ...................................................................................................................................36
o 9/11 .........................................................................................................................................................................36
o Regional political risk ................................................................................................................................................................................. 37
o The Arab Spring .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 37
o Political Risk factors gave rise to Arab Spring? Or was it a Black Swan ..................................................................................................... 38
o Political risk factors .................................................................................................................................................38
o Are the states functional? .......................................................................................................................................38
o In Amenas (Case Study) ..........................................................................................................................................38
o Political Risk factors ................................................................................................................................................39
o Risk Management ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 39
o WEEK 6: EXAM PREP ........................................................................................................................................................39
o POLITICAL SCIENCE EXAM MENU 354.................................................................................................................. 39
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